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kinds of Creatures more plain and eaiie. And thus 
I have Iheived the ufeof this knowledge , and that 
not anly in Philofophy , which is very great , but 
alfo in Divinity. For from the nature of feveral 
beafts and birds , we may draw feveral profitable 
inferences and inftruftions , which may be uieful ' 
to Divines, in the opening of feveral places of * 
Scriptures , wherein feveral forts of creatures , not 
only Birds , but bealls and Fifhes, which cannot be 
explained , unlefs we know the nature of ihofe 
creatures that are there mentioned. 
Now having finilhed the general table of all j 
Animals , and Ihewed the delign and Scope of this ' 
Treatife, together with the ufetulnefs and benefit 
of it, we ftiall now proceed to fpeak of Crear 
tures more particularly. And, -as 1 faid before , 
I lhall begin the Book wi th the biggeft Creatures i 
firrt, fp that the firft Animal we fhall fpeak to, i 
ihall be the Elephant , which is the bulinefs of the | 
following Chapter ; wherein we fhall fet down, not i 
only the nature , bignefs, food. See. of the Ele- 
phant, but alfo the feveral places of Scripture 
wherein it is mentioned ; and laft of all, deduce 
thofe feveral Corrolaries , and inftruftions , that 
may be deduced from the nature of it. 
CHA^ j 
